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Open Source Industry Expert Defends Decision to Join Microsoft
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Proving the old adage "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em," Microsoft has hired another open source expert whose primary responsibility will be to work on "consumer, enterprise and government identity problems." Dick Hardt, founder and CEO of Sxipper, Inc. , will stay on as ...
Microsoft's first iPhone app: Live Labs releases Seadragon Mobile viewer - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
techflash.com - 12/14/2008
Microsoft's first iPhone app: Live Labs releases Seadragon Mobile viewer - TechFlash: Seattle's ...
— techflash.com — Given the popularity of the iPhone, this was bound to happen sometime, and here it is: Microsoft... Live Labs today becomes the first group inside the Redmond company to release an application for Apple's mobile phone. Seadragon Mobile , published to the ... (more) Microsoft's first iPhone app: Live Labs releases ...

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technet.microsoft.com - 12/9/2008
Microsoft Exploitability Index
— technet.microsoft.com — The Microsoft Exploitability Index is designed to provide additional information to help customers better prioritize the deployment... of Microsoft security updates. This index provides customers with guidance on the likelihood of functioning exploit ... (more) Microsoft Exploitability Index

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Microsoft releases its first iPhone app
news.cnet.com - 12/14/2008
Microsoft releases its first iPhone app
— news.cnet.com — Is it possible some at Microsoft find the iPhone a more attractive platform than the software giant's... own Windows Mobile? Microsoft's Seadragon on Apple's iPhone. (Credit: Microsoft) Engineers in the company's Live Labs have released the ... (more) Microsoft releases its first iPhone app

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